Sounds to me like he is confusing KOH and NaOH. KOH is flake and pricier, NaOH is beads and much less expensive. Did he (or you) say lye? Both are often called lye. Make sure you are discussing potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide, they are not the same. HTH

using KOH you won't turn your processor into a soid mass of glop. I did that once when I first started out. then switched to KOH. I also read somewhere that KOH gives a more comlete conversion ? either way, good luck. Tom